Famous museums: the Mining Museum of the northern capital and the collection of the geological museum in Yekaterinburg
Human civilization is unthinkable without preservingcultural heritage. One of the main roles in this matter is played by museums. The mountain museum shows the mining history of the country, the artistic history - masterpieces of art, etc. All kinds and types of museums created on the planet can not be counted. And we'll talk about those meetings that carefully preserve the very special Russian museums - the Mining Museum of the St. Petersburg State Institute, renamed in 2011 to the university, and the geological museum at the Yekaterinburg Mining University.
Storages of Russian minerals
There are not too many museums in Russia that haveattitude towards the history of mining, there are about thirty of them. In addition to the mentioned exhibitions in higher educational institutions of this profile, there are still specialized museums: the Mountain Museum-Reserve in Nizhny Tagil and the Zmeinogorsk Museum of the History of Mining Production Development in the Altai. In the Nizhny Novgorod region there is a unique underground museum of mining, geology and speleology. It is located in a mine depth of 70 meters.
Underground treasures of the northern capital
Mountain museum of St. PetersburgState University was founded in 1773 by the decree of Empress Catherine II. Four years later he was visited by a guest of the Russian Imperial Court - Swedish King Gustav III. He arrived with presents: two hundred and two samples of Scandinavian stones, ores and salts adorned the collection of our museum. Since then, it has been continuously updated with exhibits.
The exposition is located in three halls, the mostthe majestic of which is a columned one. The mountain museum of St. Petersburg has the rarest treasures of rocks. Here you can see samples of Trans-Baikal jade, Japanese rock crystal, fossilized wood with amethyst. The storehouse of natural exhibits has a lot of natural crystals, there are beryls from nine dozen deposits of the world, a crystal of euclase 7 cm long, a magnificent malachite collection.
On land and above ground
Lovers of stars in the St. Petersburg Museum will likea curious collection of meteorites (more than a thousand samples), and admirers of antiquity will be delighted with paleontological artifacts. There are in the collection of the museum and about two hundred samples of cold steel, as well as twenty miniatures of the Faberge jewelry factory.
The museum located on the 22nd line of Vasilievskyisland in St. Petersburg, offers a free visit and four excursions dedicated to the history of mining equipment, introducing the basics of mineralogy and telling about the evolution of life on our planet.
Unique collection of the Urals
About the Geological Museum of the State MiningUniversity in Yekaterinburg are well known not only at home, but also abroad. Its "zest" is that there are unique samples stored here in the underground storehouses of the Urals. Almost a third of the known minerals on the planet was discovered in the bowels of this region. Ural ores and stones the museum represents not only in their natural appearance, but also demonstrates skilful products from them.
The Urals geological (or as it is oftencalled, the mountain museum) Ekaterinburg rightfully considers its pearl. Among the most unique exhibits can be called a quartz-hairy crystal with impregnations of red and golden mineral rutile. This crystal block of 70 cm high reminds us of the legend of the hair of Venus frozen in a mountain stream. The so-called ruby rose and two malachite vases, filigree made at the Ekaterinburg lapidary factory, amaze with magnificence.
In addition to minerals, the museum exhibitsPaleontological samples found in the Urals region telling the visitor about the local ancient fauna and flora. The cultural institution is located in Yekaterinburg at the address: 39 Kuibyshev Street. The ticket for the exposition costs 120 rubles, for schoolchildren and pensioners it is twice cheaper.
With the times
Like many modern museums, the Mining MuseumThe Ural capital offers visitors the latest projects. For example, during a master class on the production of paints from minerals, its participants receive a delightful opportunity to individually cook an egg tempera and test their creation in painting. Since 2011, the Ural exposition has been participating in the now fashionable action "Night of Museums".
